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The Warlocks Motorcycle Club is the name used
by a number of motorcycle clubs in the United States and other countries. The
two most notable clubs which use the name were both founded in
1967, one in Florida and one
in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Warlocks

The Warlocks Motorcycle Club is "one-percenter"
motorcycle
gang that was formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1967. It was the first
official outlaw motorcycle club founded
in Pennsylvania.[2] and
there are now chapters throughout the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts and
Ohio areas. They bear "colors" that are unique
to the other Warlocks organizations and are the first of the known
Warlocks to possess the 1%er diamond patch, worn on their "colors"
over their hearts. The club's insignia is a Harpy, a legendary winged creature in Greek
mythology, and their colors are red and white. The club
expanded rapidly at the end of the Vietnam War when thousands of ex-soldiers
returned to the United States, many to Pennsylvania,
feeling outcast from society. Members of the club must be White
males.

Criminal
activities

In December 1988, the Warlocks kidnapped then the Breed chapter president
Craig "Coyote" Gudkneckt. Since several Warlock members had been
jumped in a Bensalem bar, Gudkneckt was taken to the home of a
Warlock where he was tied up, beaten and pistol-whipped. Gudkneckt
escaped and in a very un-biker moment, went straight to the police
to report the crime.[3]

On May 6, 1995, Franklin Township, Gloucester County, New
Jersey, Police Sgt. Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez pulled over Warlocks
members Robert "Mudman" Simon and Charles Staples on a traffic stop
moments after the two had committed a commercial burglary. Simon
shot Gonzalez twice, in the head and neck, and Gonzalez died
instantly. Simon later said he shot Sergeant Gonzalez because he
did not want to return to prison. Simon was quickly apprehended,
pled guilty, and was sentenced to death. In 1999, Simon was stomped
to death by Ambrose Harris, another death-row inmate, in New
Jersey's Trenton State Prison. Harris argued self-defense, and was
acquitted.

In 2006, Tommy Zaroff, born about 1972 (age 37–38), a
former President of the Bucks County chapter
of the Warlocks was arrested on suspicion of possessing ten pounds
of methamphetamine, and was sentenced to
at least five years after pleading guilty to charges including
distributing a controlled substance, profiting from illegal acts
and conspiracy.[4][5] On
February 4, 2009, Daniel "Dirty Dick" McElheney, born about 1944
(age 65–66), was arrested under his alias Richard Mcelheney,
after his home was raided by police. Police seized six rifles, ten
handguns and various illegal drugs.[6]

In October 2008, Pennsylvania State Attorney General Tom
Corbett alleged that the Warlocks motorcycle gang are involved with
a methamphetamine manufacturing operation
based in Berks CountyPennsylvania. The sting was dubbed
"Operation Underground". Corbett said the operation manufactured
and distributed $9 million worth of methamphetamine throughout southeastern
Pennsylvania and possibly (supplied) to members of the Warlocks
motorcycle gang, which has been linked to organized crime and drug
trafficking. "The Warlocks have been the subject of other
investigations, and we will continue to investigate the
Warlock-Spadafora meth connection," Corbett said. He added that the
investigation is continuing and he expects more arrests. There were
no Warlocks arrested or charged at the time of this press
release.[7]

The Warlocks Motorcycle Club, or
Warlock Nation, is a "one-percenter" motorcycle gang
with chapters in various parts of the United States, England and Germany. The club was established by Tom "Grub"
Freeland[9], an
ex-US
Navy sailor, on the outskirts of Orlando, Florida in 1967 and the
Mother Chapter is still based there. They have over nine chapters
in Florida, five in South Carolina,
four in Virginia, two in
West Virginia,
one in New York, two in Lincolnshire, England and two in Germany. There are also several
Nomads who live and work in states that
don't have Warlocks chapters. The club's insignia is a Phoenix
sandwiched between the top and bottom rockers, and their colors are black, red
and yellow. Their mottos include "To find us... you must be
good, to catch us... you must be fast, to beat us... you must be
kidding" and "Warlocks forever, forever Warlocks"
("W.F.F.W.").[10]

Criminal
activities

The Warlocks were investigated by the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in 1991, after
Steve Martin, an undercover agent, infiltrated the club, and
several members were arrested and released. Again, in 2003 the ATF
investigated the Warlocks, and convicted several members of drug
and weapon charges once more.[11]